Jastrow: דַּעַת

דַּעַת f. (b. h.; v. דֵּעָה) knowledge, mind; temperament, physical disposition, constitution. עלתה על ד׳ to occur to one’s mind, to strike. Sot. IX, 6 (45ᵇ); a. fr.—שיקול הד׳ weighing of opinions, i.e. decision between opposite views. Snh. 6ᵃ טעה בש׳ הד׳ made a mistake in deciding, against the common practice, a case concerning which there are opposite authorities, opp. to a decision against an established law; ib. 33ᵃ; Y. Keth. IX, 33ᵃ; Y. Snh. I, 18ᵃ bot.—Y. Ḥag. II, 77ᵇ top אין דַּעְתָּן נקיה their mind is not pure (unfit to study esoterics).—B. Mets. 11ᵇ, a. e. ד׳ אחרת מקנה a deputized person (or fictitious person, e.g. one’s ground) can take possession. Snh. 25ᵃ sq. תולה בד׳ עצמו one who makes the chance of a game dependent on his own action, e.g. throwing dice, תולה בד׳ יונו who makes it dependent on his dove’s flight.—Tosef. Ḥull. VII, 1 וד׳ מכרעת reason decides in favor &c.; Ḥull. 90ᵇ מאי ד׳ ד׳ תורה by saying ‘reason decides’ does he mean a reasonable interpretation of the Biblical law, or is he in doubt and ‘reason decides’ means ד׳ נוטה his opinion inclines in favor of &c.?—מִדַּ׳, לַדַּ׳ with the consent of, with the knowledge of, opp. בעל כרח־, v. כּוֹרַח. Kidd. 44ᵃ מד׳ אביה with her father’s consent; מִדַּעְתָּהּ with her consent. Ib. שלא לד׳ אביה without her father’s consent; a. fr.—ד׳ יפה good physical constitution, מי שדעתו י׳ not fastidious in taste, opp. אִיסְתְּנִיס q. v.—ד׳ קצרה impatience, greed, ד׳ רחבה contentedness. B. Bath. 145ᵇ bot.; Snh. 101ᵃ top.—Ber. 29ᵇ דַּעְתָּם קצרה they are impatient (Rashi: they do not understand how to express their wishes).—Pes. 113ᵇ אין הד׳ סובלתן whom the mind cannot endure; a. fr.—Pl. דֵּעוֹת, v. דֵּעָה.